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Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Two Takes

Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Two Takes

Criterion Collection (1968)
DVD
NR (Not Rated)
715515021029
Documentary
USA | English | Color | 01:15

In Manhattan's Central Park, a film crew directed by William Greaves is shooting a screen test with various pairs of actors. It's a confrontation between a couple: he demands to know what's wrong, she challenges his sexual orientation. Cameras shoot the exchange, and another camera records Greaves and his crew. Sometimes we watch the crew discussing this scene, its language, and the process of making a movie. Is there such a thing as natural language? Are all things related to sex? The camera records distractions - a woman rides horseback past them; a garrulous homeless vet who sleeps in the park chats them up. What's the nature of making a movie?


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Patricia Ree Gilbert Self - Actress Testing for Alice
Don Fellows Self - Actor Testing for Freddy
Jonathan Gordon Self - Soundman
Bob Rosen Self - Production Manager
William Greaves Self - Director
Susan Anspach Self - Actress Testing for Alice
Audrey Heningham Self - Black Lady Clapping her Hands
Stevan Larner Self - Cameraman
Terence Macartney-Filgate Self - Cameraman
Maria Zeheri Self - Camera Assistant

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Edition details

Edition The Criterion Collection
Packaging Keep Case
Nr Discs 2
Screen Ratios Fullscreen (4:3)
Audio Tracks Dolby Digital Mono [English]
Dolby Digital Stereo [English]
Mono [English]
Subtitles English
Layers Single side, Single layer
Edition Release Date Dec 05, 2006
Regions Region 1